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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach
slack
plan communications (Process)
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
estimate costs (Process)
2. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed
residual risk
administer procurements (Process)
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
3. Dependency between two project schedule activities or between project schedule activity and schedule milestone.
program management
resource calendar
Monte Carlo analysis
logical relationship
4. A point in time associated with schedule activity's completion.
configuration management system (Tool)
late finish date (LF)
risk register (Output/Input)
finish date
5. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.
progressive elaboration (Technique)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
execute
expected monetary value (EMV)
6. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
manage project team (Process)
finish to finish (FF)
specification limits
7. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.
free float
validation
late start date (LS)
resource leveling (Technique)
8. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity
variance analysis (Technique)
total float
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
co-location (Technique)
9. The right to apply project resources - expend funds - make decisions or give approvals
code of accounts (Tool)
authority
develop project management plan (Process)
pareto chart (Tool)
10. Analyzing activity sequences - durations - resource requirements and schedule constraints to create the project schedule
develop schedule (Process)
staffing management plan
probability and impact matrix (Tool)
resource calendar
11. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
acceptance criteria
logical relationship
project management knowledge area
12. Reserve
finish to start (FS)
project management plan (Output/Input)
activity list (Output/Input)
buffer
13. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion
Monte Carlo analysis
forward pass
constraint (Input)
buyer
14. Model used in conjunction with manual methods or project management software to perform schedule network analysis to generate the project schedule for use in managing the executing or a project
stakeholder
scheduled start date (SS)
schedule model (Tool)
scope creep
15. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines
assumptions
code of accounts (Tool)
change control
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
16. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks
preventative action
request for information (RFI)
finish to start (FS)
invitation for bid (IFB)
17. Structure that relates the project organizational breakdown structure to the work breakdown structure to help ensure that each component of the project scope of work is assigned to a person or team
quality management plan (Output/Input)
responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) (Tool)
calendar unit
Monte Carlo analysis
18. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities
early finish date (EF)
actual duration
project management team
activity
19. Management methodology for integrating scope - schedule and resources and for objectively measuring project performance and progress. performance is measured by determining the budgeted cost of work performed (earned value) and comparing it to the ac
progressive elaboration (Technique)
BCWS
earned value management (EV
define scope (Process)
20. Learning gained from the process of performing the project
data date
product
lessons learned(Output/Input)
sequence activities (Process)
21. Something toward which work is to be directed - a strategic position to be attained - or a purpose to be achieved - a result to be obtained - a product to produced or a service to be performed
objective
resource histogram
distribute information (Process)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
22. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.
preventative action
data date
performance reports (Output/Input)
distribute information (Process)
23. Defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service that may employ one or more tools
contingency reserve(Output/Input)
change control board (CCB)
project time management (Knowledge Area)
technique
24. The time in calendar units between the start and finish of a schedule activity
define activities (Process)
project management plan (Output/Input)
activity duration
early finish date (EF)
25. Formally documented change request that is submitted for approval to the integrated change control process
requested change(Output/Input)
backward pass
sensitivity analysis
float
26. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance
performance measurement baseline
work breakdown structure dictionary
material
time and material contract (T&M)
27. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives
portfolio
template
project management office (PMO)
project scope statement (Output/Input)
28. A change request that has been processed through the integrated change control process and approved
work breakdown structure (WBS) (Output/Input)
approved change request (Output/Input)
project organization chart (Output/Input)
practice
29. Identifying the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables
schedule management plan (Output/Input)
define activities (Process)
milestone schedule (Tool)
regulation
30. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. experts on the subject participate in the technique anonymously. a facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the important project points rel
product
Delphi technique (Technique)
sequence activities (Process)
develop project charter (Process)
31. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence
fast tracking (Technique)
develop human resource plan (Process)
application area
start to finish (SF)
32. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service
develop project management plan (Process)
specification
plan procurements (Process)
sub phase
33. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data
template
acceptance criteria
activity code
closing processes (Process Group)
34. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy project objectives
manage project team (Process)
change control board (CCB)
application area
executing processes (Process Group)
35. A component of work performed during the course of a project
activity
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
portfolio
opportunity
36. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity
risk mitigation (Technique)
path convergence
report performance (Process)
plan procurements (Process)
37. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques
workaround
log
project management knowledge area
estimate costs (Process)
38. Schedule activity that determines when the logical successor activity can begin or end
predecessor activity
schedule performance index (SPI)
resource
analogous estimating (Technique)
39. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations
develop project charter (Process)
to complete performance index (TCPI)
Monte Carlo analysis
project management
40. Subdivision of a phase
sub phase
historical information
scope baseline
activity duration
41. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
start date
validation
work authorization
42. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk
root cause analysis (Technique)
resource leveling (Technique)
virtual team
schedule network analysis (Technique)
43. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit
role
failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) (Technique)
hammock activity
total float
44. Developing a detailed description of the project and product
resource
define scope (Process)
direct and manage project execution (Process)
network path
45. Directing - managing - performing and accomplishing the project work - providing the deliverables and providing work performance information
time and material contract (T&M)
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
execute
strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats analysis (SWOT)
46. A quantitative assessment of the likely amount or outcome. usually applied to project costs - resources - effort and durations.
determine budget (Process)
estimate (Output/Input)
logical relationship
authority
47. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram
network logic
finish date
sensitivity analysis
work authorization system (Tool)
48. List of project team members - their project roles and communication information
project team directory
virtual team
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
stakeholder
49. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts
risk avoidance (Technique)
report performance (Process)
historical information
project procurement management (Knowledge Area)
50. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response
human resource plan
technical performance measurement (Technique)
baseline
secondary risk